PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STEAM AND A STEAM COMPRESSOR

摘要

The invention relates to an industrial process for producing live steam from vacuum water vapour, which comprises the steps of a) bringing vacuum water vapour into contact with zeolite in a first container, wherein the water is adsorbed to the zeolite, b) transmitting the heat produced in the adsorption step from the zeolite to liquid water in a second container, and c) regenerating the zeolite by heating it in order to desorb the adsorbed water as live steam from the zeolite. The invention also relates to a zeolite steam compressor (20) comprising a first container (1) which contains zeolite (2) that is capable of adsorbing vacuum water vapour; a second container (3), wherein water (4) can be fed during the adsorption, and high pressure steam (15) can fed to the second container (3) during the regeneration; wherein the first and second containers (1, 3) have at least one common surface (19).